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Topic- Technology
Telemedicine may curb use of unnecessary health tests
Low-value care -- medical tests and procedures that provide little to no benefit to patients -- contributes to excess medical spending and both direct and cascading harms to patients. A recent study found that telemedicine may help to reduce the use of these tests, and the findings are worth sharing with residents and members.
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Tech Talk: Digital meditation can reduce work-related stress
Digital mindfulness appears to be a low-cost, low-burden way of improving employee health at scale, a new study led by researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), suggest.
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Tech Talk: Older adults warm to technology in 2025
Older adults are gaining an appreciation for technology, recognizing its power to help them age in place and enable a healthy life, according to a survey-based report on 2025 tech trends from AARP. Active aging communities might want to make some of the coveted tech available to customers to help ensure a competitive edge.
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Tech Talk: Nine research projects for healthy aging funded
Following a competitive, national call for proposals, AGE-WELL, Toronto, Canada, announced funding for nine research projects through its 2024 AgeTech Advance: Healthy Aging Research Program (HARP), aimed at advancing the development and application of technology-enabled solutions that support healthy aging. Research is one of three interconnected pillars through which AGE-WELL is advancing Canada's aging innovation ecosystem.
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Tech Talk: Wearable camera+ AI detect medical errors
Researchers have developed a wearable camera system that, with the help of artificial intelligence (AI), detects potential errors in medication administration -- that is, when medications are given directly to people, usually in a healthcare setting or at home. Results of a pilot study show that the AI-driven video system recognized and identified, with high proficiency, medications being drawn in busy clinical settings, achieving 99.6% sensitivity and 98.8% specificity at detecting vial-swap errors.
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Stats: 74% of those over 50 don't trust AI-generated health info
While the vast majority of people over 50 look for health information on the internet, a new poll shows 74% would have very little or no trust in such information if it were generated by artificial intelligence.
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